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    RTS- Can’t Stress Enough
    Editorials, News, Round the Square
    RTS- Can’t Stress Enough
    May 13, 2023
    SELF HARM: If you or someone you know is thinking about hurting yourself or committing suicide, call or text 988 immediately or chat online at 988life...
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    Press freedom and responsibility
    Editorials
    Press freedom and responsibility
    Marcie 
    May 06, 2023
    Count us as enthusiastic celebrants of World Press Freedom Day, marked this week. Across the world, too many journalists are punished, imprisoned and ...
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    The US Supreme Court needs an ethics code
    Editorials
    The US Supreme Court needs an ethics code
    Marcie 
    May 06, 2023
    If the Supreme Court had a code of conduct and suddenly decided to scrap it as big questions swirled about potential conflicts, it would be a scandal ...
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    IRS plan about service
    Editorials
    IRS plan about service
    Marcie 
    Apr 11, 2023
    With this year’s federal income tax deadline looming, the Internal Revenue Service has detailed its modernization plan that Congress has enabled with ...
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    Webinar to explore efficient feeding, handling facilities for sheep, goats
    Editorials, News
    Webinar to explore efficient feeding, handling facilities for sheep, goats
    Mar 07, 2023
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Sheep and goat producers can learn tips for setting up barns and facilities for managing sheep and goats at an upcoming Penn State E...
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    Tech helps to identify war criminals
    Editorials, Opinion
    Tech helps to identify war criminals
    May 07, 2022
    Much of the world reacted in horror at Russian atrocities in the town of Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, one month ago. After the Russian army retreated, Ukr...
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    US Supreme Court says hyperpartisan redistricting can be derailed
    Editorials
    US Supreme Court says hyperpartisan redistricting can be derailed
    Marcie 
    Mar 14, 2022
    The Supreme Court justices down in Washington just sent a clear message to a Supreme Court justice up in Steuben County: In assessing partisan redistr...
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    Pa.’s college problems not solved by Commonwealth University
    Editorials, Opinion
    Pa.’s college problems not solved by Commonwealth University
    Mar 14, 2022
    Once upon a time in Pennsylvania, every town of a certain size or importance seemed to have its own college. There were reasons for this. Many of thes...
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    Pennsylvania’s dog license debate
    Editorials
    Pennsylvania’s dog license debate
    Aug 18, 2020
    The state bureau responsible for inspecting dog kennels, handling dangerous dogs and curtailing the use of puppy mills is quickly running out of money...
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    Save the Internet from Needless Regulation
    Editorials
    Save the Internet from Needless Regulation
    Apr 16, 2019
    The internet has created more wealth and increased human knowledge faster than any other invention in history. But if Democrats in Congress get their ...
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    A mind-altering substance
    Editorials, Opinion
    A mind-altering substance
    Copley News Service 
    Oct 01, 2016
    "What's really going on here is that over the last 20 years marijuana went from being used like alcohol to being used more like tobacco, in the sense ...
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    The fine line
    Editorials, Opinion
    The fine line
    Aug 31, 2016
    Journalists must walk a fine line every day — a fine line between what is newsworthy and what isn’t. That’s a struggle we all face when we hear white ...
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    Era staff offers thanks
    Editorials, Opinion
    Era staff offers thanks
    Nov 26, 2015
    Each year, the staff of The Era offers its thanks and provides insight into what enriches our lives as we come upon another Thanksgiving holiday. Of c...
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    Impeach the IRS director
    Editorials, Local News, News, ...
    Impeach the IRS director
    GEORGE F. WILL 
    Oct 08, 2015
    WASHINGTON — "Look," wrote Lois Lerner, echoing Horace Greeley, "my view is that Lincoln was our worst president not our best. He should (have) let th...
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    Clinton’s hard choice on the TPP
    Editorials, Opinion, Сolumns
    Clinton’s hard choice on the TPP
    RUTH MARCUS 
    Oct 07, 2015
    WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton is facing one of the most fateful decisions of the presidential primary season: what to say about the Trans-Pacific Partn...
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    Budget stalemate is about priorities, not politics
    Editorials, Opinion
    Budget stalemate is about priorities, not politics
    Rep. MARTIN CAUSER 67th Legislative District 
    Aug 04, 2015
    When I talk to people about the state budget and the current stalemate, many of them voice frustration over what they see as a partisan political batt...
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    Tuition boost dispiriting
    Editorials, Opinion
    Tuition boost dispiriting
    Jul 18, 2015
    Voters may have turned Gov. Tom Corbett out of office last November, but his higher education funding legacy remains. The State System of Higher Educa...
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    Deal worth the effort
    Editorials, Opinion
    Deal worth the effort
    Jul 18, 2015
    The seven-nation agreement aimed at halting Iran’s progress toward a nuclear arsenal has been criticized as merely delaying the inevitable, but that i...
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    Candidates, what do you propose?
    Editorials, Lifestyle, Opinion
    Candidates, what do you propose?
    RUTH MARCUS 
    May 29, 2015
    WASHINGTON — It’s far too early in the campaign season to bemoan the absence of serious policy proposals from the presidential candidates — but not to...
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    Township supervisors deserve some praise
    Editorials, Opinion
    Township supervisors deserve some praise
    DAVID M. SANKO Executive director Pennsylania State Association of Township Supervisors 
    Apr 17, 2015
    You may read about them in the newspaper or see them along local roads, plowing snow in the winter or patching potholes in the spring. They’re your to...
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    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
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    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
    By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
    August 2, 2025
    Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
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    ‘Round the Square: August excitement
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: August excitement
    August 2, 2025
    EXCITED: It's August — are you getting excited for the fabulous events in McKean County during this back-to-school month? It's Festa Italiana in Bradf...
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    Drilling pilot holes
    Lifestyles
    Drilling pilot holes
    August 2, 2025
    Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a...
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    Move closer to family creates distance instead
    Lifestyles
    Move closer to family creates distance instead
    August 2, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I made a terrible mistake moving 2,000 miles across the country to be closer to my grandchildren. In the past, I have always noticed my son...
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    Programs today at Sizerville State Park
    Local News
    Programs today at Sizerville State Park
    August 2, 2025
    EMPORIUM — Educational programs are on tap today at Sizerville State Park. Tracks and Traces is set for 3 p.m. at the Environmental Learning Center. H...
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    Pirates’ trade deadline defined by rigid thinking and poor processes. What else is new?
    National Sports
    Pirates’ trade deadline defined by rigid thinking and poor processes. What else is new?
    JASON MACKEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    August 1, 2025
    (TNS) — Four years ago, the Pirates eschewed a traditional draft strategy and instead took Henry Davis No. 1 overall, using the savings to sign other ...
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